THE STRAND PARTNERS INC
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

Encore Capital Management is a diversified real estate investment and development firm utilizing its breadth of experience and expertise across a targeted range of investments including projects in multi-family, commercial and hospitality. Encore is a vertically integrated firm with land acquisition, entitlement, development, construction sales and marketing capabilities in-house. Sandbridge Capital is a consumer sector focused private equity firm dedicated to investing and partnering with founders and management teams of leading global consumer brands. Sandbridge benefits from its uniquely targeted sector focus and a dedicated, best-in-class network of Senior Advisors, including Tommy Hilfiger, Domenico De Sole (former CEO of Gucci Group, Chairman of Tom Ford and Sotheby’s), Dominique de Villepin (former French Prime Minister) and Bill Powers (former PIMCO senior executive and founder of The Strand Partners). Kairos Venture Partners is a unique investment platform investing in, supporting and nourishing the world’s leading scientific discoveries at top US universities and commercializing them into successful business ventures. Kairos utilizes a highly selective process to identify and back the very best scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to help them transform their knowledge, ideas and discoveries into companies that have an impact on the world while generating attractive returns for its investors. Kairos seeks to make investments in life sciences, materials science and technology. Founded by Chairman and CEO Jim Lippman in 1991, JRK Property Holdings is a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm specializing in the ownership, management, leasing and redevelopment of properties in primary and secondary markets throughout the United States. JRK pursues value-added opportunities – investing in properties that we can reposition to deliver sustainable, growing streams of cash flow. JRK aims to provide distinctive apartment living and hotel experiences to our customers. JRK’s approximately $5 billion of investment capital is dedicated to a portfolio spanning 20 states with over 32,000 multifamily units, and luxury and flagged hotels. William Powers is an investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. In addition to leading The Strand Partners, Mr. Powers serves as Managing Principal and Investment Committee Member of Encore Capital Management, and is General Partner of Sandbridge Capital, a private equity investment team focused on the consumer sector. Mr. Powers is a Partner of Kairos Venture Partners, an investment firm focused on groundbreaking startups and research in life sciences, physical sciences, and technology. He is a Senior Advisor to JRK Multifamily Platform and Managing Director at Aspen Highland Partners, LLC, an investment partnership focused on Private Equity and Venture Capital. He previously spent over 19 years at PIMCO as Portfolio Manager and Managing Director, and as a member of the Investment and Executive Committees. Prior to that, he was Sr. Managing Director at Bear Stearns and a Mortgage Specialist at Salomon Brothers. A graduate of St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., he served on the school’s Board of Governors, and at Princeton he was chosen to the All Ivy league team and made the naming gift for its football field. Mr. Powers received an AB in Economics from Princeton University ’79, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business ’83. We are a private investment group founded by William C. Powers in 2010.